The Supreme Court's decision on electoral bonds has exposed the secret political transactions funding election campaigns.

Five years ago, however, the Modi government won its second term after unprecedented spending on its campaign – with no disclosure of who bought the electoral bonds that paid for most of it.

This video, from April 2019, laid out what we knew – and what we weren't allowed to know – about party donations, the humongous advantage of Modi's BJP and the unbelievable amount spent on different forms of publicity to create the "Modi wave". Watch here:

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